Sony HMD1G.* Sony has released a funky new Airboard and, even though I'm quite sure you're too busy to even care what this bit means, it's compatible with IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, New York, www.ieee.org) A membership organization that includes engineers, scientists and students in electronics and allied fields. 802.11a, g and b flavors of wireless protocols. Even more startlingly, the model name actually make sense! The LF bit of Sony LF-X LF-X Logistics Flight 1 actually stands for "Location Free." The LF-X1 can free you up from having to put the thing in a single location and use it only there. Astonishingly a·ston·ish tr.v. as·ton·ished, as·ton·ish·ing, as·ton·ish·es To fill with sudden wonder or amazement. See Synonyms at surprise. , by connecting the base station to the Internet via Ethernet, you can leave it and the source unit (e.g. DVD player) at home but take the display itself and then view whatever it's showing in a completely different city. The screen is an 800 X 600-dot TFT (Thin Film Transistor) The term typically refers to active matrix screens on laptop computers. Active matrix LCD provides a sharper screen display and broader viewing angle than does passive matrix. See LCD and thin film. TFT - Thin Film transistor touch panel, which owners can use to surf the Internet, check their mail, watch TV and download music while in the bath. All sorts of image-source machinery can be connected to this Airboard's base station, then get wirelessly transmitted to the protable display itself, including a VCR VCR: see videocassette recorder. VCR in full videocassette recorder Electromechanical device that records, stores on a videotape cassette, and plays back on a TV set recorded images and sound. , DVD player, DVD recorder, satellite receiver and even the PSX PSX Sony Playstation PSX Playstation X (name of the CD add-on unit for the pre-production NES) PSX Professional Services Expo PSX Play Station . [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] * Now, I was messing around with a handheld TV from Casio in the o-furo (bath) the other day up in Sendai (don't ask--you really don't want to know the details) and have decided that portable TVs totally rock. They're brilliant. Shame Japanese television is such utter trash. Apart from the sumo, obviously. And NFL transmissions on Gaora that cut out the advertisements. More info: www.sony.co.jp/Products/Hi-MD/ |
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